Perceptions of Electoral Integrity-Russia, (PEI-Russia 1.0)

The Perceptions of Electoral Integrity-Russia(PEI-Russia) is based on an expert survey comparing the quality of elections in the September 2015 oblasts contests. Data was collected in 30 states of Russia which held gubernatorial elections and state legislative elections. Almost 550 experts on Russian elections were contacted, generating 172 responses, reflecting a response rate of around 40%. The study was conducted by the Electoral Integrity Project. The Principle Investigators are Pippa Norris, Ferran Martinez i Coma, Alessandro Nai and Max Gromping, based at the University of Harvard and Sydney, with the assistance of Margarita Zavadskaya, Vsevolod Bederson, Aleksei Gilev and Andrey Semenov from European University Institute (Fiesole, Italy) and The Centre for Comparative History and Political Studies at Perm State National Research University. More details about the research design for this study can be found at www.electoralintegrityproject.com